Comments, Questions & Reviews:

Is it worth putting one of these in a PCI express 1.0 x16 slot? Want to upgrade for Crysis... i.e. will the cards potential be realised? Cant really afford to go the whole hog at the moment (mobo, ram, gpu etc..) but this card would be forward compatible for when I do.

Answer by andrewn on Friday, March 4, 2011The difference between PCI-E 1.0 x16 and 2.0 should only result in a couple of percent performance difference for you. Here's a comparison of the roughly comparable GTX 480 on PCI-E 1.0 and 2.0: